The bike touring / bikepacking thread

Hey, I know that spot - partway up Gun Creek to Spruce, amirite?

Those look like more efficient rigs than my peculiarly named Chilcotin :D

Hey, I know that spot - partway up Gun Creek to Spruce, amirite?

+1 - That's it. We were taking a break on the way out to let the rest of the group catch up.

Just noticed this thread and thought I'd post some of the pics of the touring I've done in China.

I was able to travel really light because I was hotel hopping. I wouldn't say much of it was pleasant but there were a few pretty spots and it was eye-opening and interesting.

izzat some blowing by garbage you picked up in yer spokes ?

Yer some blowing by garbage I picked up in ma spokes.

never really thought about what china looked like , but those pictures ain't it .

i was hoping to see some panda bears or at least the mountains where they might live .

looks like a vision of hell.

Yeah everyone tours in pretty places. I like touring in fucked up horrible dangerous places, more interesting.

one weird thing about touring in China are the random pretty spots. It's like hell hell hell hell hell hell ….did I cross a border and not know it?

All these pics were taken within 20kms of each other.

would never have guessed it in a million yrs.

Jeez…most of those pics of China. Is the suicide rate high there? I think I'd get me a serious form of Smog Affect Disorder.

I want to carry 2 decent sized panniers as I also need to carry a pack.
Where I'm going, a Bob trailer won't work.
These are the type of clamps I was hoping to find (but these are for mounting racks on forks that don't have mounts)

At my old job I had access to a machine shop so could have made them.

Just realized I didn't post a link to the blog for this trip; bikepacking for volunteer trail work?
http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2014/07/chilcotin-chainsaw-gang.html

Spotted this on Surly's blog about more urban bike packing.

http://nblo.gs/107AUa

http://theradavist.com/2014/09/pushwacking-idaho-hot-springs-mountain-bike-route-gabe-tiller/#1

lyledriver is officially nsmb's bikepacking shredder